Break80 Podcast

One of the best weeks of the year is here, the official kick-off to spring, it's Masters time. We will be doing a preview for this years event with things to look for in a potential winner, course insight on Augusta National and other storylines from the 2026 Masters. We kick off the episode with a recap from the Valero Texas Open, won by JJ Spaun. The event featured some bad weather, cell phone use by caddies and even relief from fire ants in the last event before the Masters. Asterisk Talley was cruising to victory at the ANWA before a meltdown on the 12th hole ended her hopes and Maria Jose Marin was able to cruise to the title. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President and Founder of Tite Eyewear, Scott MacGuffie joins Break80 to discuss the innovative new glasses. Tite has gained notoriety in recent weeks having been worn by Justin Thomas at The Players and used by Gary Woodland's caddy Brennan Little on the way to their victory at The Texas Children's Houston Open.  Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a week of highs and lows in professional golf as we end the month of March. Tiger Woods got arrested and charged with another DUI for driving under the influence of a cocktail of pills and in the same week, Gary Woodland completed his comeback from brain surgery by winning the Houston Open. We will discuss both of these events in detail, as well as the DP World Tour in India playing one of the toughest golf courses in the world at DLF Golf and Country Club and a quick talk on the average cost of golf in a variety of different ways. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amateur Long Drive World Champion Tanner Pipes joins Break80 to discuss the speed, science and clubs behind his success including his Newton Golf Shafts.  Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Fitzpatrick and Bryson DeChambeau both stayed hot this week on their respective tours as Fitzpatrick won the Valspar Championship with a birdie on the final hole. Meanwhile, DeChambeau won in South Africa on the LIV tour with a playoff victory over Jon Rahm. Oh, a a certain player named Tiger Woods returned to TGL. We will take some deep dives into what the current form on Fitzpatrick and DeChambeau means for the Masters, if Tiger Woods will play at Augusta and Scottie Scheffler withdraws from the Houston Open on this episode. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Twin Cities Golf founder Kevin Unterreiner joined us on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show this winter to talk about new things happening with his company and the golf industry in general. One main topic was the Creator Classic that is going to be happening in Minnesota this summer at a variety of courses. Kevin went into how this tournament will be pulled off and who may be playing. Besides the Creator Classic, Kevin discussed things dealing with the Public Country Club that he runs and the cost of golf in general. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Young got it done on Sunday at TPC Sawgrass for his 2nd career win on the PGA Tour and biggest of his career yet to date. The current number 4 player in the world used a birdie on 17 and a huge drive on 18 to catapult him to a one shot victory over Matthew Fitzpatrick, who missed an 8 footer for par and the tie on 18. Ludvig Aberg held a three shot lead midway through the round but collapsed, opening the door for Young and Fitzpatrick to duke it out down the stretch. We will discuss this and all the happenings from the Players Championship. On LIV, Bryson DeChambeau won in SIngapore after Richard T. Lee missed a very short putt that would have forced a playoff. PGA Tour CEO, Brian Rolapp, laid out 6 possible changes that could be coming to the PGA Tour, including the return of match play! We will discuss them all and give our reactions at the end of the episode. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Richardson, the founder and CEO of Bad Birdie golf apparel joined Mike and Tim to talk about his story and company. Bad Birdie makes a variety of apparel and Jason talk about how he started the company, to being on Shark Tank and now growing enough to sponsor PGA Tour players. He will give insight into what it takes to start an apparel business, the story of Bad Birdie and even gets into where he sees the industry going in the future. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Akshay Bhatia caught fire on the back nine Sunday at Bay Hill to catch Daniel Berger and eventually beat him on the first playoff hole to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We will dive into the tournament, players complaining about the conditions and we will pose the question, what is wrong with Scottie Scheffler's iron play? It is Players Championship week and the best players in the world will be in Ponte Vedra for the PGA Tour's flagship event. We will break down the Players Championship and give our picks for this week. Jon Rahm won his first LIV event in a year and a half in Hong Kong. We will talk about that and his comments this week about the DP World Tour. All this and some other golf news and events. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Davis, President of Cole Haan Golf Apparel joins the podcast to discuss the brands new apparel lines, the future of golf fashion, footwear and some great golf stories. As a PGA Professional for many years as well, Scott brings a wealth of knowledge to the podcast in this episode. Besides what Cole Haan is doing with footwear and apparel, you will get a glimpse into what it is like trying to get tour players to sign with your brand, what goes into making great golf clothing and apparel and much more. It is an episode you won't want to miss. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf is a crazy and brutal game, even for the best in the world. Shane Lowry found that out this week at PGA National for the Cognizant Classic. With a three-shot lead on the 16th tee, he flared an iron into the water, which resulted in a double bogey. On the 17th tee shot he did it again, which allowed Nico Echavarria to take home the title. We will do a deep dive into the tournament and what exactly happened to Shane Lowry on this week's episode. It is Arnold Palmer Invitational week and we will be talking one of the best tournaments of the year on the PGA Tour at storied Bay Hill. Scottie Scheffler will once again be a major favorite for this event, which usually plays pretty difficult for tour players. McLaren racing is dipping their toes into the golf world with an announcement Monday that they will start making golf clubs. The luxury car manufacturer and dominant Formula 1 team, will supposedly be launching clubs in late April. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel Comstock, the Minnesota Golf Association's Strategic Partnerships and Community Relations Director, joined the Break80 Podcast on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show. Joel goes through many things that are happening with the Minnesota Golf Association, including discussion on some the amateur championships in Minnesota, Youth on Course, the 125th anniversary of the MGA and other trends happening in golf at a state and national level. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Golf fans everywhere got to see one of the greatest examples of "Golden Age" architecture at Riviera Country Club this week. Jacob Bridgeman used exceptional ball-striking and putting to get his first PGA Tour victory after knocking on the door several times in the last year. We will talk about what to make of Scottie Scheffler's issues on Thursdays this year and is there hope for Jordan Spieth after a good finish, or is it just a mirage. All that and Tim talks Tiger Woods future career in politics, on this week's edition of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Spotify, Apple and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hunter Hoaglund, owner of Go Low Golf joined us live on stage at the Minnesota Golf Show to talk about equipment, instruction and everything golf. Hunter does it all in the golf space, from club fittings to lessons, not many people fill a wide range of roles in golf like Hunter. He also is a high school boys coach of one of the top programs in Minnesota high school golf. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anthony Kim completed a stunning career comeback this weekend as he bested Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau by firing a final round 63 to win going away at LIV Adelaide. For Kim it was his first win since 2010 on the PGA Tour and was a heartwarming story of overcoming injury, addiction and other things he has been battling. He showed the swagger we all remembered as he poured in put after put to win. On the PGA Tour, Collin Morikawa made a final hole birdie to hold off Min Woo Lee to win the AT&T Pebble Beach by a shot. World number one, Scottie Scheffler, made a Sunday charge but came up a few shots short. We will give our reactions to both events this week on the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was professional golf's party week and we sent Tim down to Arizona for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He took in all the festivities and is gonna fill us in all the wild stuff he saw in Scottsdale. Chris Gotterup got his 2nd win of the season in a playoff over Hideki Matsuyama and a bogey on the last by Matsuyama sent it into a playoff, which Gotterup birdied the first playoff hole for the win. Scottie Scheffler made a run the last three rounds after an opening round 73, but he came up a shot short. We will give our reactions to the event and focus on some young players that stood out again and should get serious consideration for the Presidents Cup team. Patrick Read won again on the DP World Tour, his second victory in three weeks. This all but locks up a 2027 PGA Tour card for the former Masters champion. It also vaulted Reed to number 17 in the world as he looks to get back on golf biggest stage. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Justin Rose blew the doors off the rest of the field this week at Torrey Pines to win his 13th PGA Tour title of his career. Rose started the week hot posting a -10 (62) on the North Course and kept the good play going en route to a record breaking performance in the event with a winning score of -23. We will discuss his play along with others who played well, including the return of Brooks Koepka, who hit it pretty well, but putted horribly in southern California. It was a wild 3-man playoff on the DP World Tour which included Patrick Reed and Nelly Korda wins a shortened LPGA Tour event in Florida. All this and a wild underwear story on this weeks episode of the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple and Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Break80 Podcast made its way to Florida for the 2026 PGA Show in Orlando. It was our first time at the PGA Show and we were both floored and overwhelmed with this golf industry insiders event. Around 1 million square feet of golf industry stuff was there. From clothes and apparel to clubs and technology, we will talk about all that we saw and did at our first ever PGA Show. While in Florida we went and played Cabot Citrus Farms and Streamsong. Both courses and properties were amazing and we will break down everything we thought about them, including some wild nature out at Streamsong. Last but not least, it was another win for Scottie Scheffler, which is becoming the norm for the world number one player. We will give our reactions to his win and the event, which included an impressive showing for 18-year old, Blades Brown. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple or Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The PGA Tour kicked off the 2026 season in Hawaii at the Sony Open. Chris Gotterup took home the title and moved to number 17 in the OWGR. We discuss the event and our thoughts on the golf course and Chris Gotterup. Nacho Elvira won on the DP World Tour this week after a collapse by Shane Lowry on the final hole. Rory McIlroy could not capitalize on a great opening round, and finished two shots back of Elvira. All this professional golf and the Good Good guys go to California. The podcast guys are off to Florida this week for the PGA Show and to play Cabot Citrus Farms and Streamsong. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Spotify and Apple for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a wild Monday on the PGA Tour as CEO Brian Rolapp announced a new plan for certain players to be reinstated to the PGA Tour - one of those players will be Brooks Koepka. Koepka will make his PGA Tour return in a few weeks at Torrey Pines. Anthony Kim played some clutch golf this week to finish third and qualify for a full season on LIV Golf in 2026. Kim made some birdies and clutch pars down the stretch to secure his spot. The PGA Tour returns this week as players head to Hawaii for the Sony Open. We will do a quick discussion and make some picks for the first event of 2026. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple and Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2026 PGA Tour season kicks off next week in Hawaii with the Sony Open. Mike and Jeff give their players to watch this season, interesting storylines and make some major predictions for the upcoming season. LIV Golf added a few players this week and we do a brief discussion on what they have going on for 2026 as well. Mike and Tim travelled to North Carolina to play multiple top courses in the state, including Pinehurst No. 2 and Old Town Club. There will be a short preview of an upcoming travel episode about our trip. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caleb Kroloff - Director of Woods R&D at PXG joins the podcast to discuss the new PXG Lightning Woods lineup. We do a deep dive into the new technology, best of industry practices and how PXG is maximizing results in a highly regulated golf space. Learn about the engineering and in-depth science behind how some of the best clubs in the industry are made and how they can directly impact your game from the professional to amateur level.  Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brooks Koepka and LIV Golf announced today that he will not being playing on their tour in 2026. It raises a lot of questions about Koepka's future and if he will get back on the PGA Tour in 2027. We take a deep dive into which golfers in history would be the best to drink a beer with and then an even deeper dive into historic figures and people we would want to drink a beer with. A true segment of chaos on the pod. At year end, we discuss our highlights from the year, best courses we played and things we need to work on for 2026. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Len Ferman, the Sports Time Traveler and author of "Great Golf Tournaments Volume 1" joins the podcast to talk about living in the first person through in-person experiences and news releases as we explore some of golf's most memorable moments in the age of The Big Three. His book takes a look back at the time of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player along with some of the unknown and untold stories from the era.  Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scottie Scheffler won his fourth straight PGA Tour Player of the Year Award, becoming just the 3rd player to do that, joining Tiger Woods and Tom Watson. We will discuss his year vs. Rory McIlroy's year. Andrew Novak and Lauren Coughlin won the Grant Thornton mixed team event this week in Florida. For Novak it was his 2nd team win of the year. Coughlin took home the largest paycheck of her career in their record breaking win at -28. That and the pod talks trips to North Carolina and getting meta glasses. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple and Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The final week of meaningful golf for 2025 has came and went with the Australian Open at Royal Melbourne, Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas and the DP World Tour in South Africa. We will review the three events and give our thoughts on each of them. It is simulator season for those of us in cold climates and we are going to discuss the good and bad of simulator golf and whether it has become a necessity in the winter. Brooks Koepka made the news this week with talk of him not playing LIV Golf. Where this will go is anyones guess, but we will discuss some possibilities for Koepka. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beau Welling of Beau Welling Design joins the Break80 Podcast to discuss some of his upcoming projects including a new golf club in Texas, the expansion of the TGL green and additional hole designs and golf architecture and design. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Skins Game was back this week for the first time in ages at Panther National in Florida. Keegan Bradley was the big winner, but the bigger story may have been Xander Schauffele getting shut out out receiving a giant check for zero dollars. We will recap the event and where it could go in the future. Young LIV golfer David Puig won the BMW Australian PGA Championship last week in Brisbane. He went the last 40 holes without a bogey en route to a 2-shot victory. Former podcast guest Daniel Gale made an ace and had a top 10 finish as well. It is a big week upcoming in professional golf for December. Tiger Woods Hero Challenge with some of the top players in the world is happening in the Bahamas and Australian Open, with a field that includes Rory McIlroy is happening at Royal Melbourne. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 2025 PGA Tour season came to a close last week. Some players played their way into a 2026 PGA Tour card, while others played their way out of a card. We will discuss the players who will not have a tour card next year and what some options are for veteran players. Anthony Kim played well this week on the Asian Tour in Saudi Arabia and finished T5 along with many LIV Golfers. What is next for AK? We discuss this and some other LIV Golf news. Golf magazine released their new world top 100 courses ranking. We have played some and will talk about the list, some possible snubs and some overrated courses. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The event that took the internet by storm has come and gone, but we are here to recap the Internet Invitational put on by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports. We will get into Paige Spiranac and Malosi cheating to Brad Dalke carrying his team to victory and of course Frankie Borelli choking on 18 and Beef making the winning putt. We have a full recap of the event and where it goes from here. Rory McIlroy won his 7th DP World Tour title. He is now 1 short of catching Colin Montgomery for most all-time. We will go into a deep dive on whether or not Rory is the greatest European player ever. Adam Schenk won his first PGA Tour event this week in Bermuda. Schenk battled high winds using old equipment and multiple putting grips including one-handed. We will discuss the win and what is at stake this week in the PGA Tour season finale. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Internet Invitational has taken YouTube and the golf world by storm. We will have a heated discussion about the event and if Brad Dalke could play on the PGA Tour. Aaron Rai won in Abu Dhabi over Tommy Fleetwood with a birdie on the first playoff hole. Rory McIlroy fired a -10 in the final round to almost get into the playoff but fell a shot short at the 2nd to last event of the DP World Tour season. Ben Griffin, using a new putter this week, earned his 3rd tour victory of 2025, joining only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy in doing so this year. We will talk about all of these things and more on this episode if the Break80 Podcast. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week the golf world got a new villain. At the Internet Invitational hosted by Barstool Sports and Bob Does Sports, some of the best & worst of the YouTube golfers came together for an event. Luke Kwon, one of YouTube golf's best players slept in and missed his tee time, which set off a frenzy as players on his own team could not believe it and Kwon was not apologetic and got the villain name attached to him. On a slow week in golf, this was perfect timing for the event and the drama, as it has already pulled in over 5 million views. All that and some other random happenings in a slow week in golf. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, the podcast played in the rain and cold during a 4-man scramble and things did not go as well as expected. We will have some laughs and tell all about the Twin Cities Golf Scramble at Highland National in St. Paul, MN. Michael Brennan puts on a driving display for the ages at the Bank of Utah Championship at Black Desert. Brennan, playing in his first PGA Tour event as a professional cruised to victory and into the top 50 in the world rankings. With the Louvre heist in the news, we talk about the most expensive golf memorabilia out there and what we do with it if stolen. All of that and TGL changes and an epic hole out eagle on the DP World Tour for a player to secure his tour card for next year. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content and interviews. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tommy Fleetwood kept his late season run going with a win on the DP World Tour in India. The win vaults him all the way to number 5 in the OWGR. We will discuss where he goes from here and if he is the third best player in the world. Good Good Golf announced that they will be sponsoring a PGA Tour event next fall in Texas. We will try to make sense of how they are able to do this (with investors likely) and how it benefits both the PGA Tour and Good Good Golf. Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy both had epic 2025 seasons. We will talk about whose was better and whose was more dramatic. All that and Tim walks off on a round of golf and the USGA Mid-Am slowly becoming a former professional tournament. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Mike and Tim head to the Ayrshire region on Scotland's west coast. While there they stayed and played at Dundonald Links and Trump Turnberry. Dundonald Links has hosted both the mens and womens Scottish Opens in the last decade and is also used by the R&A for final qualifying for the Open Championship. We were able to play the course and stay in one of their newly built lodges. At Trump Turnberry, we played one of the top rated courses in the world with the Ailsa course. Home to some of the most famous moments in golf history, Turnberry Ailsa is loaded with history and the course did not disappoint. We also played the Robert the Bruce course and stayed at the Turnberry hotel and will tell all about it. All this and some other shenanigans on this episode of Travel Talk Scotland. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the fall season it was a very busy week in the golf world. From Xander Schauffele winning the Baycurrent Classic in Japan to Marco Penge securing his PGA Tour card with a win in Spain, there was plenty to talk about this week in golf. The Korn Ferry Tour wrapped up its season and the top 20 players stamped their cards to the PGA Tour and some known names missed out. All of this plus an LPGA Tour event in China had brutal green conditions and Tiger Woods is back on the surgeon's table with another back procedure. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world's most preeminent handicap detective, Mr. Yip Strickler joins the Break80 Podcast to talk about catching "Sandbagging Rats." Yip will give us the story about how he got started in this profession and we will chop it up with all kinds of great stories. From NFL quarterbacks to Barstool Classic entrants, nobody is safe from the man with otherwordly sandbagging senses. Tune in for some great laughs and make sure to subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Mike are here this week to talk a random variety of things happening in the golf world this week. From Tommy Gainey winning again on the Champions Tour to Steven Fisk making 3 birdies in a row to win the Sanderson Farm, we are hear for it. How do certain players just handle stress better than others? Is it even teachable? We talk playing under pressure in this episode. Phil Mickelson got in a twitter spat with an amateur golfer this week and the Break80 Podcast is here for it. The Dunhill Links was shortened to 54 holes, but fresh off a Ryder Cup victory, Robert MacIntyre got the win in Scotland. The weather was wild, some scores were wild and it was an intriguing event again. MyGolfSpy put out their 7 things scratch golfers do that you don't and we are going to discuss what areas of practice/play can get you to be a scratch golfer. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple & Spotify for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike and Tim headed to Scotland this August for an epic trip of a lifetime. While there they played 3 of the top 10 courses in the world, and after driving on the some crazy roads lived to tell about it. They will be telling their story in five segments, the first being St. Andrews, Scotland. The home of golf did not disappoint the Break80 crew, as it lived up to its billing as the spiritual home of golf. We are talking about the town, the Old Course Hotel where we stayed, and of course the golf courses on this episode of travel talk. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite an epic comeback effort in Sunday singles at Bethpage Black, the United States team had dug themselves to deep of a hole to overcome, losing 15-13 to the European team. We will be giving our reactions to the event, what could have been done better, player grades and where the United States goes from here. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff and Eric Hart (the mobile golfer) traveled to Ireland this summer and in this podcast, they discuss that truly remarkable experience. From playing some of the best golf courses in the world to the ins and outs of traveling coast to coast, this episode has you covered from start to finish.  Jeff made his first ever trip, meanwhile Eric made his sixth, and so they each give two unique perspectives on what makes Ireland such a desirable golf destination.  If you are ever thinking of taking that bucket list trip to Ireland, check this podcast out to help prepare you for what's to come.   Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The event that has been on everyone's calendars for a decade is here, the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black in New York. The European team is pretty much intact from their win in Italy as they look to be the first team to win back-to-back in over a decade. The American team will have some new faces, but will be on home soil in New York City, which could be the seen of an epic Ryder Cup. We will talk about all things Ryder Cup, from team strategies and pairings to what to expect from Bethpage Black. We even dig into the celebrity Ryder Cup being played on Wednesday. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Rivard, the artist behind Charcoal Golf joins Mike and Tim on the Break80 Podcast this week. Mark brings golf course architecture and holes to life through a blend of charcoal, watercolor, sharpie and colored pencils to create a mixed-media and urban twist on classic golf architecture. In this episode, Mark takes us through how he got into both art and golf, and how that eventually led to the creation of Charcoal Golf. Golf art seems to be having a moment, and Mark provides one of the more unique versions of golf art out there. He will talk about projects at Prairie Dunes, Landmand and Sweetens Cove, as well as a special limited run print of Bethpage Black's 18th hole, just in time for the Ryder Cup. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The unbelievable two-year run by Scottie Scheffler continues this week as the U.S. Ryder Cup team members played in Napa Valley in the Procore Championship. With his 6th win this season, Scheffler joined only Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods on the list of players to win 6 or more events in back-to-back seasons on the PGA Tour. Ryder Cup team member Ben Griffin had a chance to force a playoff with Scheffler, but 3-putted for par to lose by a shot. World number 1 amateur Jackson Koivun had his fourth straight top 10 finish on the PGA Tour, while handling the stress of playing in the final group. 11 of the 12 members of the European Ryder Cup team played in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth this week. Ironically enough, the hottest player on the planet not named Scottie Scheffler took the title. Alex Noren, who is a vica captain for the European team beat all of the Ryder Cup members en route to his 2nd BMW PGA Championship. Also in this episode we are talking 4 putts on the LPGA Tour, John Daly makes a massive number and Kapalua not going to be ready for the Sentry Championship this year? Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the last decade, Sand Valley has become one of America's premier golf destinations. The Break80 Podcast was lucky enough to spend a few days at the resort in central Wisconsin this summer and play all the golf courses. Tom Ferrell, the Vice President of Media and Communications for Dream Golf joins the podcast to talk all things Sand Valley. From the creation to what is upcoming for the resort, Tom dives into multiple stories about Sand Valley and how it came to be one the the best golf destinations in America. The pod guys will also discuss what they thought of the various courses, amenities and everything there is to do at Sand Valley. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With European captain Luke Donald making his 6 captain's picks today, the teams are set for the Ryder Cup later this month in New York at Bethpage Black. The European team is essentially the same as the last Ryder Cup in Italy, with the only exception being that Rasmus Hojgaard is on this years team instead of his twin brother Nicolai. The United States team has been set for about a week now, with the big talker being captain Keegan Bradley opting to not pick himself to play. The United States team will look to keep the run of home teams winning the Ryder Cup. The podcast guys played a round at the historic Keller Golf Course in the Twin Cities and had a round for the ages. Keller Golf Course has hosted two PGA Championships and also was the host venue for the St. Paul Open, which was played for many decades on the PGA Tour. The group had 20 birdies, including a couple improbable ones from Timothy after hitting into a nature area, Jeff making 8 birdies and still shooting even par and Mike with a bogey-free 65. We will talk all about it and discuss where our games are at as summer winds to a close. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Abdo joined the podcast to talk about his wild ride to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur this year at the Olympic Club. Jimmy entered the tournament ranked 4,292nd in the world amateur golf rankings and made an impressive run to the round of 16, beating some highly ranked players in the process. The D3 player from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota will recap how the matches went, what he learned from the process and what comes next for him. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After multiple heartbreaks, Tommy Fleetwood finally finished off a tournament at East Lake and got his first victory on the PGA Tour at East Lake. Fleetwood remained steady as other players including Patrick Cantlay and Scottie Scheffler faded down the stretch. Fleetwood's victory gets the monkey off his back after years of near misses and collapses while leading PGA Tour tournaments. Now the attention of the golf world shifts to the Ryder Cup and American captain Keegan Bradley. Will he pick himself this week as a playing captain? Will Cameron Young, Ben Griffin and/or Chris Gotterup make their Ryder Cup debuts at Bethpage Black? We will know for certain in a few days, but we are here to speculate on who he may pick this week. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was another win for Scottie Scheffler as he took the BMW Championship for his 5th win of the year and he keeps his incredible 3 year run on the PGA Tour going. Even though he didn't have his "A" game, Scheffler was able to chase down a shakey Robert MacIntyre early on Sunday and shut the door with a dramatic chip-in birdie on the 17th hole at Caves Valley on Sunday. We will talk about the ramifications of the BMW Championship on the Ryder Cup and Tour Championship this week at East Lake as well as other topics surrounding the PGA Tour. LIV Golf finished their regular season as Jon Rahm won the regular season title, without actually winning an event. We will discuss how it could possibly happen that Rahm wins, eventhough Joaquin Niemann won 5 events. The United States Amateur Championship headed west the last couple of weeks as the men played at the Olympic Club and the women at Bandon Dunes. We will discuss both, including an insane run by Jimmy Abdo, who is one of us from here in Minnesota. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Young was finally able to get his first win after steamrolling the field at the Wyndham Championship in North Carolina. Young has dealt with heartbreak and struggles closing out tournaments, but with a commanding lead he could cruise to victory in the last PGA Tour regular season event of the year. Will this open the floodgates for the talented Young? We will discuss the possibilities of a late season charge. With the regular season over and the Ryder Cup talk heating up, Jeff and Tim will debate a list of possible players and if we think they will eventually make this team as a captain's pick by Keegan Bradley. Jeff will discuss his Ireland trip briefly and Mike and Tim will preview their upcoming trip to Ireland and Scotland. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify and YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Gilmore 2 was finally released with dozens of cameos from various stars and much of the cast back from the original, it broke records for Netflix viewership in its first week. We will dive into our thoughts on the movie and the cameos in it. Kurt Kitayama went on an epic heater over the weekend to win the 3M Open Championship. Kitayama made 20 birdies or better on the weekend in route to his first title since Bay Hill in 2023 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. We will discuss the week at the 3M and where players stand heading into the final regular season event before the playoffs. Lottie Woad won in her professional debut at the Scottish Open at Dundonald Links. With this win, her win at the Irish Open and strong finish at the Evian, we pose the question: Is Lottie Woad the best womens player in the world? All this plus a Korn Ferry executive playing scandal and Joaquin Niemann wins on LIV for the 5th time this season. Subscribe to the Break80 Podcast on Apple, Spotify & YouTube for weekly golf content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices